distinguish
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
mark as different
We distinguish several kinds of maple
Types & categories
- identify hypernym
- know hyponym
- discriminate hyponym
- label hyponym
- label hyponym
- sex hyponym
- individualize hyponym
- contrast hyponym
- severalize hyponym
- contradistinguish hyponym
- dissociate hyponym
- demarcate hyponym
- discriminate hyponym
- stratify hyponym
Related & opposite
- difference derivation
- differentiation derivation
- deviation derivation
- differentiator derivation
- compare entails
Sense 2 verb
detect with the senses
The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards
Types & categories
- resolve hyponym
- discriminate hyponym
Related & opposite
- perceptiveness derivation
- discernible derivation
- observable derivation
- discernible derivation
- perceive entails
Sense 3 verb
be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
His modesty distinguishes him from his peers
Types & categories
- characterize hypernym
- characterise hyponym
Related & opposite
- difference derivation
- differentiation derivation
- marking derivation
- deviation derivation
- mark verb group
Sense 4 verb
make conspicuous or noteworthy
Types & categories
- mark hypernym
- singularize hyponym
Related & opposite
- signal derivation
- signalization derivation
Sense 5 verb
identify as in botany or biology, for example
Related & opposite
- identification derivation
- identity derivation
- name derivation
- naming derivation
- identifiable derivation
- class entails
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | difference |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | differentiation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | deviation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | differentiator |
| 1 | entails | Related & opposite | compare |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | identify |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | know |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | discriminate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | label |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | label |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sex |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | individualize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | contrast |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | severalize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | contradistinguish |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dissociate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | demarcate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | discriminate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stratify |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | perceptiveness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | discernible |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | observable |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | discernible |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | perceive |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | resolve |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | discriminate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | difference |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | differentiation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | marking |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | deviation |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | mark |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | characterize |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | characterise |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | signal |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | signalization |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | mark |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | singularize |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | identification |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | identity |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | name |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | naming |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | identifiable |
| 5 | entails | Related & opposite | class |